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Presidential Trivia

By Gerry W. Beyer

The Huffington Post featured 44 little-known facts about President’s in honor of Presidents day! Here are some of the facts the article features:

  • Benjamin Harrison would not touch the light switches in the white house because he was afraid of being electrocuted.
  • Theodore Roosevelt had really bad asthma that he was eventually able to overcome beyond an occasional asthma attack with regular exercise.
  • Woodrow Wilson had a Ph.D., making him the highest educated president in the United States.
  • Warren Harding lost the white house china in a poker game.
  • Every morning, Calvin Coolidge would have someone rub Vaseline on his head while he ate breakfast in bed.

Please click here to view the remaining facts about the presidents.

See Seena Vail, Presidents Day: 44 Facts You Didn’t Know About U.S. Presidents, The Huffington Post, Feb. 17, 2012.

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